Better Media Can Make Us All Less Racist
Our brains are really good at finding patterns. This makes us great at performing simple tasks quickly and efficiently. It also makes us racist as hell. Let me tell you about a time I participated […]
Nicole Hallberg
The Liberal Purity Problem
There is a guy that goes to the bar around the corner from my house. We’ve only ever chatted a few times as I went out for drinks with my husband. I’ve always been polite. […]
When Words Don’t Mean Anything Anymore
I first started to feel it while Trump was on the campaign trail. Trump was saying grosser and grosser things, and by the time it occurred to me that he wasn’t just a sideshow but […]
When Corporations Can Sponsor State Violence, We Lose
I was browsing Twitter the other day, and United Airlines was literally all anyone was talking about for almost two days. This is noteworthy even just because it gave me a short reprieve from having […]
Minimalism Can Bite Me
I’ve got a bone to pick with minimalism. I know, I know—kick me off Pinterest and name me a pariah of the Millennial generation. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the basic premise of […]
Pinkwashing: Or, How Not To Market to Women
Let me tell you a story about my first real published blog post. I was working as a technical writer for a guy who had just purchased a women’s career blog without any real idea […]
Working While Female
This post went viral on Medium. A Twitter thread has gotten some attention recently, where my former-coworker / current-best friend, Marty, recounted the day he realized just how bad, and insidious, workplace sexism could be. […]
The Women’s March on Washington Taught Me That I Need to Spend More Time with Women
As I stood in the middle of a crowd of thousands upon thousands of women, for the first time in a long time I thought, “Everything is going to be OK”. The first thing you […]
The Streets Aren’t Safe
The streets aren’t safe. My best friend was harassed while waiting at a bus stop today, and I am livid. I’m angry that I wasn’t there to protect her, and angry at the senselessness and […]